What makes your day?
Adobe unveiled the winners of its tenth annual student prize Adobe Design Achievement Awards this week, with a UK student, Napatsawan Chirayukool, topping the animation category. Chirayukool, from Kingston University,
From the shadows
Next week, the Victoria & Albert Museum hosts the first exhibition of work by contemporary camera-less photographers in a UK museum. The exhibition, which has been curated by the V&A’s
Editor’s blog
The London Design Festival is well behind us now, but other creative celebrations continue. Cardiff is still in the throes of its annual designfest and the likes of Barcelona and
Web Stories
Below are the top online news stories published by Design Week over the past week. Magazine subscribers can sign up for free e-mail alerts and access the archive at www.designweek.co.uk.
Voxpop
Webb & Webb has rebranded classic toy Playplax. What was your favourite childhood toy and why?
Peter & Paul brands BBC-backed village community project
Peter & Paul has been appointed to develop the branding for Taste Tideswell, a community-led project supported by the Big Lottery Fund and the BBC.
Predicted rise in passengers triggers retail revamp by JHP at Bordeaux-Merignac airport
JHP is redeveloping the ’retail masterplan’ of Bordeaux-Merignac airport’s two original terminal buildings in France.
Ale and arty
French band Phoenix has worked with Inventory Studio and Valero Doval to create a series of limited-edition labels for bottles and cans for Beck’s beer.
Harp sharpens up
Holmes & Marchant has redesigned the packaging for Northern Irish lager Harp.
Latest articles
“An entity unto itself”: A New York design guide
From an editorial influenced graphic style to a changing education landscape and a burgeoning international outlook, what defines design in New York?
Studio Anorak book celebrates “wonderful differences” of people with ADHD
Stories That Never Stand Still has been created “by people with ADHD, for people with ADHD”, and features educational articles alongside personal accounts that attempt to cut through the stigma
The open source platform empowering creatives to turn recycling into craft
Precious Plastic seeks to tackle a “global problem on a local level” by sharing blueprints for industrial plastic recycling machines.
Mixcloud rebrand aims to “amplify communities online and offline”
The new identity has been launched to mark the platform’s tenth anniversary, as well as support its mission to get more fans directly supporting music creators.
